Improvement in lamp-shade and reflectors



J.M.KBNERSONK Lain-p Reflector. N0. 106,173. Patented Aug. 9,-18'70.

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JAMES KENERSON, OF NEWPORT, HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO,

' HIMSELF {\ND EDMUND BURKE, OF- SAME PLACE.

Letters Patentlil'o. 106,173, dated August 9, 1870.

mrnovmvmn'r m LAMP-SHADE AND REFLECTORS.

I The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

Be it knownthat I, JAMES M. KENERSON, of Newport, in the county ofSullivan and State of New Hampshire, have invented anew and usefulImprovementin Lamp-Shades and Reflectors applied to the ordinaryhouse-lamp, whiclrI denominate Kenersons Improved Combined Lamp-Shadeand Reflector;

and I do declare that the following is a full and exact. descriptionthereof, referencebeing hadto the accompanying drawing, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, inakinga part of this.specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of highlyburnished copper for the concave or reflecting-surface ot' lamp-shadesand reflectors, which ,not only condenses and reflects the light of thelamp,

but gives ita rich, mellow, golden hue, making it less dazzling and moreagreeable to the eyes of persons .usingjhe lamp.

Mysimproved shade and reflector consists ,of a con- 9 oavo-convex plate,A, the inner or concave surface of 3 which is made of highly polished orburnished copper,

about four inches in diameter, the center of which may be madealittleoonvemif desired.

. 'lll e'outcr or convex surface of plate A may be covered over withaslight coating of tin, or paint, ot' su'ch color as may be preferred.

E is a slat soldered upon the convex surface of plate :A, through whichthe angular springO passes, and

uponwhich the plate A canbe made to move up'and down,.and adjustedatan'y desired point on the spring when in use;

B is a thumb-spring, constituted of the two side pieces b b andthespring D, the latter-being made in the form of the letter V, by whichthe two side pieces bb' are united, the spring B serving to fasten theshade and reflector to the neck of the lamp.

My improved shade and reflector maybe used both as a shade andreflector. After having been fastened to the neck of the lamp by thethumb-spring B, if used as a shade, the convex surface of plate A shouldbe turned toward the person using it, the plate A being adjusted at sucha point on the angular spring O as convenience may require.

If it is desired to use plate A as a reflector, the

concave surface should be placed on the opposite side of the lamp,turned toward the person using it, and

adjusted at such a point upon the spring 0 as 'convenience may require.v

\Vhen used as a reflector, the copper surface of plate A throws a richand mellow light upon the object on which it is reflected. If reflectedupon a printed page,

it gives the paper that tinted color deemed so favorable to-the eyes,and great distinctness to the printed letters. I a

, The reflector may be made to surround the lamp wholly or in part, inwhich form, or in any 'form of a reflector, I claim the burnished coppersurface, if used.

Having described the construction and uses of my improved lamp-shade andreflector,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Thev employment-of polished or burnished copper surfaces in theconstruction of lamp-reflectors, as herein set forth.

JAMES. M. KEN ERSON.

Witnesses:

H. G. Cameron, J O. DILL.

